Internet search engine giant Google Inc. have become an ICANN accredited registrar of domain names.
Listed at number 895 in the Registrar ID list, Google look set to add yet another service to their ever-expanding portfolio.
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, have approved Google to register and sell Top Level Domain names (TLDs) including .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, .org and .pro
With reported revenue in excess of one billion dollars in the last three months alone, Google could well afford to continue with their free services.
Domain names like ghosting.com and gdomains.com have already been registered by other companies.
This news however, raises more questions than it provides answers.
Could this be the one service that Google actually charge Joe Public for ?
Is this see the start of free domain names and free hosting by Google, with them covering costs using the AdSense programme ?
Will firms like Microsoft enter into the market ?
Amazon became an approved registrar in March 2003, why have they not done anything with it ?
Regardless of their reasons for registrar accreditation, Google will no doubt continue to innovate.